Not knitting related

Just some thoughts I had on surgery and the OR.


Surgery thoughts

Knitted Anatomy

So I had a few hours to spare today. My doc gave me the afternoon off. Seeing as I am finishing surgery this week (sadness) I wanted to make something for my doc I started knitting. What else could a general surgeon want than a knitted gallbladder? I based it roughly off the knitted GI tract pattern. I mounted it on a piece of card stock, so it serves as a thank you note and a cool knitted gallbladder. The red thing is suppose to be the liver. What else could be better? Now onto the pictures....

This greatly amuses me. He sure won't forget this month for a while.

I really am going to miss surgery. I think I could be a surgeon... blood and guts are totally fun. And knitting helps with the manual dexterity thing, so it's a win win situation I think.

Works in Progress

Here's my Union Square Poncho in progress. The pictures are not the greatest for the color. It's a little darker in real life. And the mock rib doesn't come across well in the pictures, but it's really nice in real life. I promise. :-) It's about 6 inches long right now. I only have 50ish more to go, so it will be done in about 5 years.

Here's my Sublime Little Sporty Numbers Vest. This is my first big people sweater, and I picked a pretty complex pattern so again it will be done in 5 years or so. I really enjoy knitting with Sublime. It's a fabulous yarn. And here's a close up of the cable/bobble section. Cables are one of my new favorite things to knit.


Here's a picture of spring. Meredith and I went walking around downtown historic Wytheville. We should have gone yesterday when everything wasn't closed, but it was still nice to be outside enjoying the sun. There are a bunch of cute little shops in Wytheville, so hopefully we will get to them before June.



I love daffodils.

Old pictures

Seeing as I still don't have batteries for my camera, I decided some old knitting pictures were in order. This is Pennington the cat. He loves to sleep on yarn... good thing he's a Hokie's fan too!! The scarf is some yarn from Mosiac that I bought way back in the day, but I don't remember what kind it is. It's two strands of yarn knit together on size 50 needles. Which are more like knitting with poles than actual needles.



Here's one of the latest uteri that I made. Made for one of my sister's friends in Florida. She wanted a uterus made out of the Russian Flag colors. She has an obsession for all things Russian. So here's the Russian Uterus.

This is the latest knitting I finished for myself. The hat is bright and obnoxious and I love it. The scarf was the bane of my existence for several months. I had to count and make sure I was on the right row, and I would mess up and have to rip it out. Or I'd get off and have to come into the shop and have Sandy fix it for me. But I did finally finished it, and I do love it. So that's really all that matters.

Ok time to go to work so I can save a few lives today. I don't think we are doing anything that exciting, but you never know what the day holds.

Knitting Blog

So I caved and decided to start a knitting blog, because really I need to spend MORE time on the Internet. It seems all my favorite Blacksburg/Christiansburg knitters are on here, so why not join them. I already have an account on LJ but I am very good about updating on there. My life doesn't seem all that exciting anymore, but school will do that.

So this will be mainly about knitting maybe a little bit about medicine... we shall see.

I am working on my first sweater (well actually sweater vest). I was deathly afraid of sweaters until recently. I've knitted a couple baby kimonos which are insanely easy, and I've knit a dog sweater. So after that how much harder can an adult sweater be. I am knitting the Little Sporty Number from Sublime. I am using Sublime extra fine merino, which is to die for. It is very soft and just fabulous to knit with. I chose the pinkish/red color redcurrant. When I get back to Wytheville where my camera is I'll try to take a few pictures of it in progress.

I also splurged on some new yarn yesterday. Because when I have the day off from working and Mosaic is having a sale I just can't resist. I bought 12 skeins of Louisa Harding Merino blend in Navy. I plan on making a poncho out of it. I know I shouldn't start it now, but I really want to play with the new yarn.

I also bought Weekend Knitting, which I'd been eyeing for quiet some time. Yay for new patterns and things that I don't have the time to knit. Oh well.

I finished a set of Knitty's fetching last weekend. I made them out Debbie Bliss Pure Cashmere. They are just fantabulous to wear. The pattern really needs to be a little longer on the finger part, but other than that it's a quick knit and the cables are an easy first cabling project.

I find it highly amusing that I am known as the girl that knits uteri or uteruses (I believe both are technically correct). My sister keeps asking me to knit a garnet and gold uterus for one of her friends. I have a waiting list of 4 or 5 people that want a knitted uterus, me included on that list. Pennington the cat decided shredding one was a good idea. So maybe this summer when I have a little more free time I'll be a uterus knitting machine.